blakhatz

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Blakhatz Inner city Sydney band blakhatz , together since late 2005, mix it up with retro harmonies, laptop dancing and guitar trio grunt. Not so much salvation but a soundtrack. Scenes include: Bozo Creep- remember to never assume the Mission Statement position in front of the children. The Ballad Of Rusty Grunt - a hotel clerk’s epiphany Ooga Booga Boogie - the Spin Cycle that helps keep us all “on task” Red Hand Rock - take time to be moved by an ancient presence even older than television Falling - love song for the planet Surf’s Down -the good, the bad and the ugly mix it up to a darabouka driven surf beat. Bento Baby - unrequited lunch Tokyo style Brilliant Shine- Come for a drink at the Hope and Optimism – Golden Dreaming all round. Little Kimi - duty puts love on hold, but just like in the unreal world we get the threat of a happy ending. River Between Us - a song for friends who have left this party way too early. Trash The Room will we be laughing out the other end of our board shorts when we are lounging on Katoomba Beach. Cheaters TV – time for a reality cheque Okinawa Cowboys - Johnny go marching home !blakhatz is Guru Greg on vocals, guitar, programming and horoscopes: Doctor Mark J on bass, guitar and vocals ; Diamond Jem on drums, ukulele, keys and vocals.
Raised in the musical caves of Australia. they have played (under a different guise) the Albert Hall, jungles of Borneo, the Swiss Alps, Brixton and Florida.
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re This Wheel's on Fire Vid

December 28th, 2011 + 1:12 AM  ·  blakhatz

Saw new member alex checking the rules re covers on bandamp and reminded me .
We were advised that a good way to get it out there is knock up a video for the song , post to youtube then tag the crap out of it.You get a matched material flag from youtube & its all kosher.Linking to original artist and those who have covered the song will pull in some hits to your page.
This one took 4 hours to shoot and only moderate cursing during the editing...but we are getting better.
Here in sydney FBI radio 94.5fm  have a program that feature cover versions only.So if you get a good one down send a download link to the dj Stuart.He picked it up on the strength of the youtube vid.

http://www.fbiradio.com/

He gave it a spin yesterday in his program


 

Hope you enjoy as much as we did
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GFC XMAS SPECIAL

December 10th, 2011 + 3:12 AM  ·  blakhatz

We had a lot of fun with this one.GFC XMAS special Peter Watson turns in a stella performance , Mark Jones cries on cue , Jeremy Cook cuts a rug on Uke & Greg needs a haircut.
Merry Xmas from the Blakhatz & hope to see you at a gig in the N.Y.
Thanks to the ASX for the memories QVB for the scantily clad Mannequins.





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Irakistan back yard video mashup

May 24th, 2011 + 7:05 PM  ·  blakhatz

Hi ampers please find attached link to new single Irakistan by blakhatz .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIllCUNat6w

Shot on massive budget with handi cam / mobile phone & splash of green screen in my backyard.We have had a little luck in that the song has  achieved radio rotation here in Oz and the video picked up by a few music video TV programs inc CMC ..Country Music on cable.
Song features bass player Mark banjo solo.
BG images public domain & rural footage shot by our drummer Jeremy.
Inspiration for song

"Why are we bouncing rubble with million dollar missiles"???
Colin Powell

Hope you enjoy
greg
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blakhatz studio log

October 19th, 2010 + 11:10 PM  ·  blakhatz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh671QcOHlQ

Last w/e we hit the studio and recorded 10 new songs.
Video shot by Mark our bass player.
Lucky enough to get a smooth trouble free flow plus the luxury of a new producer on board so we can just relax and play.
will get some tracks up when completed
thanks
greg
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building 7 video bhtz live goes viral

August 5th, 2010 + 9:08 PM  ·  blakhatz

Blakhatz live video building 7 recorded in Japan last month has gone a bit viral  as a result of being embedded in sites like whatreallyhappened.com and alex jones infowars  yesterday +++.
Its picked up over 1600 hits over the past 24 hours plus a swag of comments.
gotta love the internet.
We've yet to properly record this song the version on youtube being the only one in existance


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